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Two people were killed when a UPS cargo1 plane crashed as it approached an airport in Birmingham, Alabama, and exploded in a fireball, officials say.
UPS一架货运飞机在阿拉巴马州伯明翰一座机场降落的时候坠毁并爆炸成一团火球,两人丧生。
The pilot and co-pilot, who were the only crew aboard, died in the incident. No-one else was hurt.
The A300 plane crashed on approach before dawn on Wednesday, said the US Federal Aviation Administration.
Officials say the aircraft went down in a grassy2 field near Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport.
The Airbus, which was arriving from Louisville, Kentucky, was in several sections, Birmingham Mayor William Bell said.
"There were two to three small explosions, but we think that was related to the aviation fuel," he added.
'A loud boom'
An airport spokeswoman said their operations had not been affected3 by the crash. There were no homes in the area where the plane went down.
Smoking wreckage4 and charred5 debris6 were left strewn across the field, including the package delivery firm's cargo.
"It was on fire before it hit,'' said Jerome Sanders, who lives directly across from the runway.
Sharon Wilson said the plane sounded as though it was in trouble as it flew low over her house.
"It sounded like an airplane had given out of fuel," she told the Associated Press news agency.
"We thought it was trying to make it to the airport. But a few minutes later, we heard a loud boom."
In a press conference on Wednesday, National Transportation Safety Board member Robert Sumwalt told reporters that the initial investigation8 showed there was no distress9 call from the cockpit before the crash.
UPS Airlines Chief Executive Mitch Nichols said the company's thoughts and prayers were with those involved, and said the firm would co-operate with investigators10.
That incident was blamed on a cargo load of lithium batteries, which are sensitive to temperature. They caught fire, an investigation concluded.
UPS spokesman Jeff Wafford did not specify12 what type of cargo was on the plane involved in Wednesday's incident. The crew members' names were not released.
The plane was built in 2003 and had logged about 11,000 hours over 6,800 flights, Airbus said in a statement.
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